Science & History
Cracked's Oofageddon! - The Woman Who Was Pregnant With The Messiah (At 64)
For years, Britain had its own end-times-mystery-box, thanks to Joanna Southcott.
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- By Mark Hill
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A Thief Robbed George Washington's Grave (And Grabbed The Wrong Skull)
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Weirdo Habits of U.S. Presidents
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A President Died Eating A Fourth Of July Dessert
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Popes and Prohibition: The Surprisingly Sinister History of Coffee
Even today, a cup of coffee can feel like a spiritual experience under the right (read: hungover) circumstances.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Humans Are Evolving? Not So Fast.
Humans might evolve no further. Good.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Out-Of-This-World NASA Facts
Find out why NASA's most accurate calculations only use 15 digits of pi.
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- By Shea
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Why Are We So Scared of Sharks?
It took a few well-publicized serial attacks, along with some help from Hollywood, to turn a species just trying to mind its own business into a national phobia.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A Museum Accidentally Smashed The Biggest Viking Ship Ever
They were meant to preserve ships, not destroy them.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Cute Lil' Critters That Are Filled With Deadly Poison
The most Instagram-worthy death dealers nature has to offer.
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Things About Vikings That We Get All Wrong
Unfortunately, thanks to centuries of misinformation in scholarly histories and in popular culture, most people suffer from a variety of misconceptions about the Vikings, from who they were to when they were active to what, exactly, they did.
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- By Jess Nevins
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Cracked's Eatin' Weird - 4 Ways Food And Fitness Culture Overcomplicate Things
As fitness science improves, so does its love of snake oil.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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How Vikings Used Onion Soup To Find Out If People Would Die
The soup tasted so bad, the patient welcomed death.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Bizarre Deaths That Stand As Cautionary Tales
These tips will ensure you never die, or at least don't die these ways.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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